This article builds on our previous work, in which we argued that the same niche-constructing activities that affect selective pressures can also alter drift probabilities by impacting population size & driftability (individual variance in reproductive outcomes) 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
In a nutshell: we argue that there are three modes—capturing the loci of change of organismic activities—and three strains—individuated in relation to evolutionary effects (i.e., shifts in selective regimes, drift probabilities, or the channeling of developmental trajectories)—of niche construction.
For more on this topic, check out Ramsey's #OpenAccess Cambridge Element on Human Nature: www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
The three modes and the three strains can be systematized in a robust, exhaustive 3×3 matrix encompassing all nine forms of niche construction:
We are very excited to share our latest 📄 (@philsci.bsky.social): a revamped version of #nicheconstruction theory that captures the evolutionary consequences of organismic activities beyond changes in selection. We call it the 'Matrix Account' 👇 philsci-archive.pitt.edu/30043/ #evobio #HPS #hpbio
Excited to share that our paper on mirror use in octopuses is published today in @currentbiology.bsky.social! This is the first time mirror-mediated spatial navigation has been demonstrated in an invertebrate. 🐙
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Cambridge Core - Philosophy of Science - Human Nature
How do social networks become adaptive? From self-organisation and phase transitions to cultural learning, social networks are shaped by feedback between individual interactions and collective dynamics. Check my new @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Mirror-mediated localization of hidden objects is well documented in vertebrates1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 but has never been demonstrated in inverteb…
